No surprise here. Barack Obama has reinforced an important lesson for the Taliban: kidnap an American, and you have a good chance of winning important concessions from his weak and feckless administration. This will only ensure that there will be more kidnappings.
“Taliban Commander: More Kidnappings to Come After Bergdahl Deal,” by Aryn Baker, Time, June 5, 2014:
A Taliban commander close to the negotiations over the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl told TIME Thursday that the deal made to secure Bergdahl’s release has made it more appealing for fighters to capture American soldiers and other high-value targets.
“It’s better to kidnap one person like Bergdahl than kidnapping hundreds of useless people,” the commander said, speaking by telephone on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media. “It has encouraged our people. Now everybody will work hard to capture such an important bird.”
The commander has been known to TIME for several years and has consistently supplied reliable information about Bergdahl’s captivity.
The U.S. agreed on May 31 to exchange five Taliban commanders from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for Bergdahl, America’s only living prisoner of war. Following the deal, the outpouring of relief by those who had long lobbied to “Bring Bowe Home” was soon eclipsed by accusations and recriminations as Republican lawmakers accused the administration of making a dangerous precedent.
“What does this tell terrorists?,” Republican Senator Ted Cruz said on ABC’s This Week the day after Bergdahl’s release. “That if you capture a U.S. soldier, you can trade that soldier for five terrorist prisoners?”
Yep.
Champ says
Who’s more dangerous: the Taliban or obama?
Methinks the latter …
mariam rove says
Same here….m
Walter Sieruk says
That so much manpower and effort was wasted searching for the deserter Bergdahl guy. Worse yet of all the sad and tragic things some US soldiers even died by Taliban attacks while searching for this deserter and person who might even be a traitor. For its reported that he after some time with the Taliban became a Muslim and called himself to be a mujahid and declared himself to be a “warrior for Islam.” If true that says a lot. Furthermore, that five deadly and dangerous terrorist chiefs where set free to further scheme more evil and be behind more murders for the sake of getting back this kind of person is and absurd act of folly. That this swap ”deal” just very well might inspire more Islamic terrorist kidnapping of both US soldiers and American non-military people also adds to the foolishness of this swap. By the folly and foolishness of this swap Obama has shown his extreme incompetence as the President of the United States. In other words Obama have exposes and proven that he is very unfit for the Office of President. Obama should be impeached.
Islamisdeath says
“he deal made to secure Bergdahl’s release has made it more appealing for fighters to capture American soldiers and other high-value targets.”
Gotta wonder if that wasnt imam obamas plan to get his bretern back home and do a little dahwa to the captured troops at the same time.
Everything the vile creature in the white house does hurts this country and our soldiers! It cant possibly be accidental this many times.
EYESOPEN says
Maybe we could put in a request for the taliban to capture our fearful leader. However, they might be surprised when nobody wants to rescue or pay big money for him.
RG says
@ Islamisdeath. “Everything the vile creature in the white house does hurts this country and our soldiers! It cant possibly be accidental this many times.” Maybe it could be Occidental–that seems to be a big secret too!!! Who knew???
jewdog says
I don’t understand why this was played up in such a celebratory manner by the White House, or why Susan Rice extolled Bergdahl as some kind of hero. Only the very delusional would think that this would play well in Peoria, or that Rice’s rosy narrative wouldn’t be debunked.
Who advises 0bama, the Easter Bunny?
John C. Barile says
The MB.
Jay Boo says
Even NPR aws too ashamed to keep playing the farce and relented with a diluted examination of Bergdahl ‘s motive.
Obama what are you to do when your puppet (NPR) refuses to dance and tugs at the strings?
Jay Boo says
Even NPR was too ashamed to keep playing the farce and relented with a diluted examination of Bergdahl ‘s motive.
Obama what are you to do when your puppet (NPR) refuses to dance and tugs at the strings?
Charli Main says
More captured American soldiers is probably exactly what Obama is hoping for—-That gives him the opportunity to release more terrorists under the pretext of ” getting our boys home ” !!!!!
mzaz says
The door has been opened. Well planned out by the great BO himself. He thinks he is king and does as he pleases. After all he has a pen and a phone. Congress needs to grow some huevos and do the right thing. Bring BO up on charges. If this were a white president he would have been gone years ago..